De Von Callicutt guilty of first-degree murder

A jury convicted De Von Callicutt of killing University at Albany student Richard Bailey during a late night robbery in a neighborhood popular with city college students.

Callicutt, 20, faces life without parole after the jury convicted him of first-degree murder, robbery and weapons possession about 2:35 p.m. before acting Supreme Court Justice Dan Lamont.

Bailey’s father, retired New York City Police Officer James Bailey, shook in the courtroom as the jury prepared to announce the verdict. His wife, Lisa, and their daughter, Katie, embraced once the verdict was rendered.

Parents and daughter then embraced before hugging supporters and the police officers who spent months bringing their son’s killer to justice.

The Baileys then hugged Chief Assistant District Attorney David Rossi, the veteran lawyer who prosecuted the case, repeatedly telling him “Thank you.”

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Now, He will receive 3 square meals a day, top notch medical care, play basketball, lift weights, watch TV, and attend school to finally learn to read. Wow, how in the world is this punk going to endure such a heinous punishment!

Thank God! Let him rot! I feel really bad for the Bailey family. This was such a senseless crime. He did not have to kill this poor kid. But these kids these days have no parental supervision, so they carry guns and kill innocent people. Let this be a lession to the next thug who is looking for “free money”! Rest in peace Richard, justice was served.

Good I’m happy he will be serving life. I hope parents take this time to show their kids what can happen when you harm people for no damn reason. Teach these kids how to work and make their own money not to rob and kill. But on the other hand most of them get it from watching their parents do nothing with their life it’s just a shame.

I would have been extremely dissapointed had he not been convicted of all charges. A senseless, ruthless act. He obviously has no remorse, bragging to girlfriends in letters from prison. May peace be with the Bailey family after this thug is sentenced. It puts my mind at rest knowing that this animal won’t be breeding.

I also have to laugh at the moron who shouted out in court that “there are two victims to every crime” or whatever he yelled at the Bailey family the other day in court. Sounds like you’re a real scholar. With friends and/or family like you it’s no wonder this guy will be living in a cage the rest of his life.

Unfortunately nobody wins here. I’m not at all surprised by the verdict but he is only 20 years old, my child’s age. You have to wonder how he ended up with total disregard for human life. My heart goes out to the Bailey family. I hope they can find peace and comfort.

This is the sad honest truth, I am a Caribbean black American male that attends UAlbany, and I know all these kids have one thing in common. They are African-American and probably come from a single parent home. Having increased police and after-school programs to combat crime, that stuff doesn’t work. Their parent is either at work or on welfare, doing nothing. They have no discipline and don’t respect authority, those types of things you can’t change with extra police and some programs. The reason I say this for the people who might come out with the token response “these kids are underprivileged.” These kids have attitude and have no remorse for anyone or anything. This isn’t New York City, or L.A., this is Albany population of less than a 100,000 people. These kids and their parents need to be trained in how to conduct themselves as civilized people. It’s embarrassing to have this fool be a part of our race.

Justice has not been served. The State Of New York Does Not have the Death Penalty. This case cries for a penalty of death. One article, (if I recall properly) alleged the victim was at fault for his own murder by turning a robbery into a homicide because he resisted. This was stated by the gallery as the jury was exiting the courtroom to begin deliberations.

What’s wrong with this picture and mentality? The message must be sent! Send a few of these “misguided” youth to the chamber and let the word get out. This behavior won’t be tolerated!

Several perceptions permeate many criminals minds. One is they generally won’t get caught and if they do, the criminal justice system will allow them to plea bargain down to a minimal sentence. Once plea bargained and jailed, the perp only does a fraction of the required time only to be let out and roam the streets of our society on parole.

It’s time to end the revolving door of justice and sentence these brutal animals to death.

I’m a little surprised at the first degree verdict, especially since the jury was focusing on intent. I would suggest that his intent was to rob, not to kill. However he still has other serious charges to face so one way or the other he’s gone for good.

#7-you said it all. Especially when the kid is a teenager, they know by then what’s right and what’s wrong. I grew up in Albany in the ghetto (one of three white families in my neighborhood! Boy could I tell you some stories!!). I could’ve turned out the same way but I didn’t. Parents and crappy schools are to blame yes, but there comes a time when kids have to be responsible for themselves to some degree. Get a job, read a book, mentor. No reason to have guns and rob people and kill people.

How long now until Alice Green starts babbling about how the verdict was a miscarriage of justice.
By the way- how many blacks were on the jury? The answer to this question may determine if/when Alice cries foul.

A few thoughts. American justice worked. Mr. Callicutt enjoyed all of his Constitutional rights. He was zealously defended. Ms. Coleman did her duty. She made sure there was no reasonable doubt. She deserves praise not ridicule. Our hearts break, and they really do, for the Bailey family. Finally, Mr. Callicutt, eat your own words, “dun, dun”! Rot in the cell where you belong.

Intent. The victim was shot in the head. Intent enough for me, the victim is not here to tell you the truth, and De Von is not capable of telling the truth, nor do we care to hear what he has to say.

Several years ago there was a stabbing in the chest on the front steps of a bar on State Street. The victim walked out the front door and the punk put a 12 inch knife in his chest. I believe that the Defense attorney managed to convince the jurors that the intent was not to kill the victim. You stab someone in his chest with a 12 inch knife, you intended to kill him.

My heart breaks for the Bailey family as their son is no longer with them. The POS that murdered him however, is still with US… the tax paying New Yorkers who get to feed, house, and educate this scumbag for the rest of his life instead of giving him the lethal injection he deserves. Rest in Peace, Richard Bailey……and Rot in Hell DeVon Callicutt.

I don’t get why even smart people were quoted as saying this was a “robbery gone bad.” Gee, would the world be a better place if it were a “robbery that went well”? The moment you put a loaded gun in your belt and use it to rob innocent victims your intent may not be to kill, but that is a very likely outcome and you must be held accountable.

Richard Bailey and his family are true heros. Decent, hard-working people who are an asset to society. I have a college-aged son who attends UAlbany and it breaks my heart in every way as a mother to think of how this poor innocent wonderful boy was taken off this earth. I say forget prison. Stoning or public hanging in Times Square is the answer. It all starts in the home and these animals are nothing but poor low life thugs with no respect for human life. They should not be able to breed. It just goes on from generation to generation. Bailey family know that Albany loves you.

We need the Death Penalty. Plain & Simple. Jail is like a vacation for these Aholes who have nothing going for them, as someone mentioned above. If I was his parent, I would be ashamed of the terrible job I did raising his pathetic ass